Tolbert’s work on found supports show a growing consciousness of the ecological impact of his studio practice, but also a new interest the signs of embedded meaning and history in discarded building material and refuse. The rough cuts, sun bleaching, drilled holes, gear impressions on the face of honeycomb cardboard become an integral part of the paintings’ formal language, as well as suggesting …
Tolbert’s work on found supports show a growing consciousness of the ecological impact of his studio practice, but also a new interest the signs of embedded meaning and history in discarded building material and refuse. The rough cuts, sun bleaching, drilled holes, gear impressions on the face of honeycomb cardboard become an integral part of the paintings’ formal language, as well as suggesting other, more inaccessible past life of objects. The colors of the New Mexican high desert allude to Tolbert’s practice of walks and hikes, and his interest in geological time.
Tolbert currently lives …
